Distributer for making vinegar.



No. 685,l30. Patented Oct. 22, l90l; w. F. GINTZ. DISTBIBUTER FOR MAKING VINEGAR.

(Applicttion filed Jugs 8, 1901.)

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DISTBIBUTER FOR MAKING VINEGAB.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER F. GINTZ, OF BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.

DISTRIBUTER FOR MAKING VINEGAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 685,130, dated October 1901- Application filed June 3, 1901. Serial No. 62,1313. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern,-

Be it known that I, WALTER F. GINTZ, of the city of Belleville, St. Clair county, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Distributers for Making Vinegar, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

This invention relates to distributors for making vinegar; and it consists of the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter shown, described, and claimed.

The object of this invention is to provide a device for distributing the mixture equally and periodically within a generator formaking vinegar.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view of a portion of the generator, showing my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the distributor. Fig. 3 is a perspective view, and Fig. 4 is a cross-section.

In the drawings I have shown a generator 1 of usual construction for containing the shavings from which the vinegar is made. Within the upper end of the generator 1 is located a perforated top 2, through which the mixture is allowed to enter the generator to drizzle over the shavings. A second top 3 is provided above the perforated top 2 in order to prevent the evaporation of the mixture. Two bearings 4 are fixed upon the perforated top 2, and a distributor 5, consisting of two adjacent V-shaped troughs or compartments, is supported by the said bearings 4E. The said distributor 5 is permitted torock as the mixture is received therein, and the sides of the said distributor are alternately brought upon the perforated top 2 in order to distribute the mixture equally thereon, first to one side and then to the other. A pin 6 is carried by one end of the distributer 5, and a lever 7 is pivoted upon the said pin and carries an adjustable weight 8, whereby the power of the lever may be increased or diminished at will. Two pins 9 extend inwardly from the bearing 4, one on each sideof the said lever 7, and thereby prevent the said le- Ver from falling out of the required position when the distributer is moving. Two pins 10 arealso carried bythe end of the distributer, one of said pins being on each side of the lever 7. The said pins 10 are arranged in such manner that they will support the lever when the sides of the distributer bear upon the perforated top 2.

, The operation of the device is as follows: The mixture is supplied through the distributing-pipe 11 and enters one of the troughs forming the distributer 5. The mixture is retained in the trough, which is raised by the partition 12, and the lever 7 rests upon the pin 10, carried by the sideof the distributer which is elevated and which is receiving the mixture. As the weight in the elevated trough increases it will be lowered with the assistance of the weight on the lever, raising the opposite side of the distributor and placing it in position to receive the mixture. As the said trough is lowered the pin 10 is moved belowthe pin 9. The movement of the trough will carry with it the lower end of the lever 7, which, striking the pin 9, will then throw the lever in the opposite direction, causing it to rest upon the pin 10, carried by the 0pposite side of the distributor. The mixture which was contained within the elevated trough is poured out upon the perforated top 2, through which it passes onto the shavings.

The operation is repeated when the opposite trough becomes filled, the distributor being operated automatically to distribute the mixture alternately upon the different sides of the perforated top. A slot 13 is formed in the top 3, through which the lever operates. A- central opening is also formed in the top 3 to permit the passage of the mixture to the distributer.

I claim A distributer for making vinegar, consisting of a generator having a perforated top,

distributingtroughs, bearings for support ing said troughs, a lever supported by said troughs, stops carried by the bearings for stopping the lever when it is moved, supports attached to the troughs for holding the lever out of contact with the said stops when the troughs are stationary, and an adjustable Weight mounted on said lever, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WALTER F. GINTZ.

Witnesses:

EDWARD E. LONGAN, ALFRED A. EIcKs. 

